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Hey there! The theme for the Imaginary Game Jam 2025 is "Fantasy Fleshpit". I'll give the most straightforward interpretation of these terms first.
"Fantasy" typically means, a world with mythical creatures and monsters, swords and sorcery, and limited technology. Adventurers of different races, like elves, orcs, and dwarves, use different class-based skillsets like warriors, rogues, and wizards to join guilds, go on quests, and vanquish evil. Some examples include Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft, Skyrim, and The Witcher.
"Fleshpit" is a much more unusual theme, and it literally means "a pit of flesh". This theme asks the question, "what if the walls and floors were alive?" Some examples include, Doom Eternal, Jabu Jabu's Belly from Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Mystery Fleshpit National Park creepypasta, or the animated kids movie Osmosis Jones.
That said, you're free to interpret these themes however you choose. Maybe Fantasy is an acronym, F.A.N.T.A.S.Y. and each letter stands for something else? Maybe Fantasy means, a person fantasizing and daydreaming while they're supposed to be working or at school? It's up to you!
If you do choose an interpretation of the themes that are not obvious, please make it clear somewhere on your game's page or within the game, exactly how you've chosen to interpret the themes.
Hi Nachroandom! Thanks for your interest in the Imaginary Game Jam! Really excited to hear that someone with music experience is looking to contribute to the game jam!
Please be aware that the Imaginary Game Jam is solo-focused, but external contributors like yourself can totally collaborate by sharing what you make in our community Discord. This way, you can help multiple developers bring their projects to life!
Feel free to drop some samples of your work in the #content-share or #asset-share channels - it’s a great way to showcase your talent and connect with devs who might need music or graphic design support. Looking forward to seeing what you make!
I remember this came up last year, and one participant did come up with a solution:
"For some reason on Mac it will detect Godot FBX2GLTf2 as malicious lol. I approved it and works fine."
And they shared this video to help with the process of importing FBX files into Godot:
I would love to be able to make the asset pack as easy to use by as many engines as possible, but I can't commit to providing glTF format files for all the assets in the asset pack at this time. I'll look into this again when we get closer to the start of the jam.
Thanks so much for participating in last year's jam! Even if the project wasn't finished, I still like to think any time spent being creative is time well spent 🙂
The 3D models will be provided as FBX files, and for the models that have associated animations, they are contained within the FBX.
The texture maps are provided in three layers: albedo (the basic color), metallic (how shiny certain faces are), and normal maps (how bumpy certain faces are). You can use these textures to create a PBR material in your game engine of choice.
As for how to use the animations, that depends on which game engine you're using. Here's an example of how to work with FBX animations in Unity:
Hope to see you again in this year's Imaginary Game Jam!Wow, this is really great! You've got a complete experience here, with screens and mechanics and audio and everything. I would have liked maybe an audio cue to help direct me towards nearby fires, to help me get around, or a visual cue if I was nearing the edge of the world. It wasn't super clear if the world was built by hand and there were 5 specific fires I needed to get to, or I could travel forever in one direction to find any 5 fires. But all in all, great work in a short time!
Thanks for asking in the Discord! Just for anyone else who stumbles onto this topic - yes, you're free to use any assets you have the rights to use, including shaders.
Please do include a list of asset packs in your credits, so I know which parts of the game you worked on to give you the credit you deserve too!
You can only win one prize per entrant.
So, if an entrant is rated third overall, they are no longer eligible to win a 'best category' award. Ex. If an entry is third place overall and also is rated as the best Metic cameo, then the best Metic cameo prize will go to second place in that category.
Entrants will receive the highest prize they are eligible for.
Apologies for the late response! For faster response times, feel free to join the Discord. 🙂